ive never seen a rod get bent from trying to start a hydrolocked engine. i know it can happen at higher RPMs though. can someone confirn rod bendage from hydrolockage at startup?
A superjet's day in hell
- Thread starter Gainera2582
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Mouthfulloflake
ISJWTA member #2
- Location
- NW Arkansas
I concur SFL.
ive locked mine so many times while tryuing to start.
several times saturaday alone!
no rod bendage that I am aware of.
ive locked mine so many times while tryuing to start.
several times saturaday alone!
no rod bendage that I am aware of.
jetskier79
I'm goin' for two
- Location
- San Diego, CA
You guys should test it for us.
SJBrit
Extraordinary Alien
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- Bradenton, FL
sflsurfrider said:
I was wondering about that. If you could bend a rod at startup, that would mean that the starter had enough torque to do it - very doubtful.
Mile9c1
X-H2O.com
- Location
- Grand Rapids, MI
I heard somewhere that starters spin around 400-450 RPM... maybe Freestylegeek could work the math for us!
One time my friend bent a rod in his dirtbike trying to roll start it, but I'd guess he had to be going over 500 RPM.
One time my friend bent a rod in his dirtbike trying to roll start it, but I'd guess he had to be going over 500 RPM.
Gainera2582
Power and Agility
- Location
- Lake Saint Clair, Michigan
My couplers still good thank god, but I think im going to have to order a new elbow hose for the waterbox to the chamber.
Mile9c1 said:
a starter on a non-hydrolocked engine might do that, but i cant see it spooling up those RPMS when the engine cant even make a full revolution.